Bungie gears up for the first wave of Destiny 2 announcements with impending 18 May livestream

Destiny 2 is on the way and, while we've not seen any actual gameplay footage from Bungie's upcoming shooter, our first glimpse of gameplay is apparently nearing.

Following on from the start of Destiny's "Age of Triumph" event, Bungie has dropped another little Destiny 2 teaser and revealed that the first gameplay footage of Destiny 2 will take place in a dedicated livestream shown on 18 May.

It's not clear what will actually be shown to us during this live stream, but it's thought that it'll probably be a nice vignette of what we can expect from Destiny 2 overall. Hopefully we'll also see the difference in PC and Xbox One/PS4 graphical capabilities and perhaps even understand if there's any chance of taking our old Guardians across to the new game.

Until 18 May, here's everything we know about Destiny 2 so far.

Destiny 2: Everything you need to know

Destiny 2 is official. Revealed properly in an announcement trailer on 30 March, Bungie drew back the curtain on the fate of the Guardians, the Tower and the last bastion of mankind. Going by the trailer, Destiny 2 looks to continue the camaraderie aspect that made forming a strike team in Destiny so enjoyable. This time, however, the overall tone appears to be darker as humanity battles for survival on its home turf.

Despite the flashy new trailer that shows absolutely no gameplay, Bungie is hoping players will fall over one another to board the hype train and drop serious amounts of money on Destiny 2 pre-orders. The trouble is, Destiny 2 has a lot to answer for.